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Carr'S Milling Industries EBITDA dropped on 24.4% in 2015 and EBITDA Margin showed almost no change

09 Nov 2015 • About Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM) • By InTwits

Carr'S Milling Industries reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • EBITDA Margin is relatively stable: 4.7% in FY2015 vs. 4.8% in FY2014 vs. 3.6% in FY2011
  • Carr'S Milling Industries has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.7%. At the same time it's a lot of higher than industry average of 1.3%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 18.2 in 2015, 24.1 in 2014, 18.6 in 2013, 10.2 in 2012, 5.4 in 2011
  • The company has business model with low profitability: ROIC is at 8.5%
  • It operates with high leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 1.6x while industry average is 0.7x
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM) key annual financial indicators

mln. £201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue373.3404.1468.1429.0331.3-22.8%
Gross Profit41.143.948.650.342.7-15.0%
SG&A32.031.929.829.830.62.9%
EBITDA13.616.718.820.515.5-24.4%
Net Income23.48.511.011.412.05.4%
Balance Sheet
Cash33.323.322.917.320.116.1%
Short Term Debt26.414.215.519.718.7-4.9%
Long Term Debt2.311.629.422.225.716.0%
Cash flow
Capex5.08.99.97.24.6-35.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth25.2%8.2%15.8%-8.4%-22.8%
EBITDA growth23.7%23.3%12.3%9.1%-24.4%
Gross Margin11.0%10.9%10.4%11.7%12.9%1.2%
EBITDA Margin3.6%4.1%4.0%4.8%4.7%-0.1%
Net Income Margin6.3%2.1%2.4%2.7%3.6%1.0%
SG&A, % of revenue8.6%7.9%6.4%6.9%9.2%2.3%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.3%2.2%2.1%1.7%1.4%-0.3%
ROIC10.8%12.3%11.7%11.6%8.5%-3.1%
ROE51.0%14.5%16.9%15.3%14.4%-0.9%
Net Debt/EBITDA-0.3x0.1x1.2x1.2x1.6x0.4x

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue dropped on 22.8% in FY2015. EBITDA Margin showed almost no change in FY2015.

Gross Margin increased slightly on 1.2 pp from 11.7% to 12.9% in FY2015. SG&A as a % of Revenue increased on 2.3 pp from 6.9% to 9.2% in FY2015.

Net Income marign increased slightly on 0.97 pp from 2.7% to 3.6% in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


The company's CAPEX/Revenue was 1.4% in FY2015. CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.80 pp from 2.2% in FY2012 to 1.4% in FY2015. It's average level of CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 1.7%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (14.38%) while ROIC is low (8.48%). ROIC decreased on 3.1 pp from 11.6% to 8.5% in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 0.87 pp from 15.3% to 14.4% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Company's Net Debt / EBITDA is 1.6x and Debt / EBITDA is 2.9x. Net Debt / EBITDA jumped on 0.4x from 1.2x to 1.6x in FY2015. Debt increased on 6.2% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 16.1% in FY2015.

Appendix 1: Peers in Food Producers


Below we provide Carr'S Milling Industries benchmarking against other companies in Food Producers industry for the last 5 years. We show data for the top-5 companies by key financial metric together with the median value for all the companies in the industry.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Ros Agro ($AGRO)29.7%-13.2%8.2%78.6%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)20.0%12.6%8.1%31.5%
Kakuzi ($KAKU)-26.2%0.3%-11.5%22.1%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)29.6%-15.7%-11.3%13.9%
Tongaat Hulett Ltd ($THL)24.8%19.0%9.3%2.8%
 
Median (19 companies)25.8%12.6%6.3%-0.2%-2.1%
Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM)8.2%15.8%-8.4%-22.8%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Walcom Group Ltd ($WALG)63.5%62.6%63.2%62.2%
Narborough Plantations ($NBP)64.9%55.5%59.7%54.6%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)56.7%44.4%37.3%36.8%
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)32.3%33.6%34.5%33.7%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)19.5%28.8%22.1%33.6%
 
Median (16 companies)26.3%28.8%23.5%32.7%22.4%
Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM)11.0%10.9%10.4%11.7%12.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Narborough Plantations ($NBP)58.1%42.5%39.6%37.4%
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)32.6%33.2%26.1%37.0%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)52.8%35.3%34.0%33.2%
Avangardco Investments Public Ltd ($AVGR)44.4%44.5%45.6%30.9%
Ros Agro ($AGRO)10.9%20.6%15.5%28.1%
 
Median (19 companies)10.9%16.4%10.9%11.8%7.0%
Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM)3.6%4.1%4.0%4.8%4.7%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Agriterra Ltd ($AGTA)18.9%54.8%49.5%43.0%
Kakuzi ($KAKU)15.5%20.1%20.8%22.0%
Avangardco Investments Public Ltd ($AVGR)26.3%51.1%28.0%18.4%
Asian Citrus Hldgs ($ACHL)14.9%19.3%28.6%17.7%14.3%
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)13.2%40.3%10.9%11.8%
 
Median (19 companies)13.2%7.4%8.2%4.8%5.1%
Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM)1.3%2.2%2.1%1.7%1.4%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Ros Agro ($AGRO)5.4%7.2%4.0%23.8%
Cherkizovo Group OJSC ($CHE)11.7%13.5%4.8%22.4%
Fyffes ($FFY)8.8%16.4%17.2%18.5%
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)19.4%18.4%11.2%17.6%
Origin Enterprises ($OGN)15.4%13.2%15.3%16.9%20.1%
 
Median (19 companies)14.0%12.2%5.2%12.4%6.2%
Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM)10.8%12.3%11.7%11.6%8.5%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Zambeef Products ($ZAM)3.0x6.3x4.7x4.8x
R.E.A.Hldgs ($RE.B)1.2x3.1x4.4x3.9x
Ukrproduct Group ($UKR)4.3x2.7x4.4x3.4x
Glanbia ($GLB)3.1x1.9x1.7x2.3x
Mhp Sa ($MHPC)2.0x2.2x2.9x2.2x
 
Median (17 companies)1.7x1.4x1.6x1.6x1.6x
Carr'S Milling Industries ($CRM)-0.3x0.1x1.2x1.2x1.6x